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Administration is capped at 8 percent and total overhead at 20 percent

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 504, Sec. 504. Written by .

Administration is capped at 8 percent and total overhead at 20 percent

The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 504 in the PDF
What the document says

“The Secretary shall establish in regulation the maximum grant amounts a grantee may use for administrative costs, technical assistance, and planning activities, taking into consideration size of grant, complexity of recovery, and other factors as determined by the Secretary, but not to exceed 8 percent for administration and 20 percent in total.”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 504

The new section 124 requires the Secretary to set by regulation the maximum a grantee may use for administrative costs, technical assistance, and planning, weighing grant size, complexity of recovery, and other factors, with a ceiling of 8 percent for administration and 20 percent in total. Money for administrative costs may serve any grant under the section regardless of disaster, and a grantee may file an optional supplemental plan for administrative costs and draw those funds before the full plan is approved.

What the document actually says

“The Secretary shall establish in regulation the maximum grant amounts a grantee may use for administrative costs, technical assistance, and planning activities, taking into consideration size of grant, complexity of recovery, and other factors as determined by the Secretary, but not to exceed 8 percent for administration and 20 percent in total.”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 504
That sentence, in plain words

The housing agency must set caps by rule. It weighs how big the grant is and how hard the recovery will be. Running costs may not top 8 percent. All overhead together may not top 20 percent.

What this is about

Administration is the cost of managing the money. Technical assistance and planning add to it. A place may file a short plan first so this money can start flowing.

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  1. The document itself

    Increase the supply of housing in America, Public Law 119-101, sec. 504, 140 Stat. 929 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm

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    “Administration is capped at 8 percent and total overhead at 20 percent,” Increase the supply of housing in America, section 504, Sec. 504. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-101/proposal/sec504-cost-caps/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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